Example Sentences

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Ms. Nović’s habit of jumping from her life story at one age to another and then back again muddies the timeline as well as the reader’s understanding of what happened when.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

“Old inventory muddies the income statement. Cohort performance tells you that this new Opendoor 2.0 machine works.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

"Misuse of the terminology in the media muddies the waters," said Faris.

From Salon • May 20, 2024

One of the things that muddies the picture is that xylazine is rarely found on its own.

From Slate • May 12, 2024

He did what they would not, as the thrall who pulls off our boots muddies his hands that we may keep ours clean.

From The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest by Liljencrantz, Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina)